diff --git a/spring-data/exo18.spring.data.jdbc/pom.xml b/spring-data/exo18.spring.data.jdbc/pom.xml
index 5eb5e9c..4682bb1 100644
--- a/spring-data/exo18.spring.data.jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data/exo18.spring.data.jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <version.spring>4.3.11.RELEASE</version.spring>
     <version.junit>4.12</version.junit>
     <version.log4j2>2.9.0</version.log4j2>
-    <version.mysql>5.1.44</version.mysql>
+    <version.mysql>8.0.28</version.mysql>
     <version.aspectj>1.8.10</version.aspectj>
     <version.dbcp2>2.1.1</version.dbcp2>
     <version.slf4j>1.7.25</version.slf4j>